Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins Recipe

Name: Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 15.25 ounces yellow cake mix (1 box); 1 teaspoon baking powder; 2 Tablespoons flour; ⅔ cup milk; ⅓ cup vegetable oil; 3 large eggs; 2 cups fresh blueberries

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Breakfast is ready with a just a few ingredients. With fresh blueberries and a yellow cake mix, these turn out perfectly soft and delicious every. single. time.

If you want fresh blueberry muffins, but want a cheater way to do it, our Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins are the answer.

Using a simple yellow cake mix, you can make muffin batter in a matter of minutes with a lot less measuring.

This recipe makes soft, moist muffins every time. They are quick and easy to throw together, but taste like you spent all day baking.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR CAKE MIX MUFFINS:

These cake mix muffins are one of our greatest shortcut recipes we have. Here’s all you need to make them:

1 (15.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 Tablespoons flour
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
2 cups fresh blueberries

HOW TO MAKE BLUEBERRY MUFFINS FROM A CAKE MIX:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Mix dry cake mix (DO NOT follow directions on the box, just use the powder mix), baking powder, flour, milk, oil, and eggs together thoroughly.

Fold in the *blueberries (reserving a few to sprinkle on top) very gently, only stirring a couple of times so that your batter doesn’t turn blue/purple.

*If you’re worried about sinking blueberries, be sure to check out our tip below!

Looking for more muffin recipes?! Try our Baked Apple Fritter Muffins!

HOW TO KEEP BLUEBERRIES FROM SINKING IN THE MUFFINS:

The solution to sinking fruit is to toss them in a tablespoon or two of flour from the recipe’s dry ingredients — just enough flour to give them a coating.

Then, fold (very, very gently FOLD) the flour-coated fruit into the batter as the very last step before baking.

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OTHER VARIATIONS OF THIS RECIPE

No yellow cake mix? No problem! See the other great flavor combinations you can use in this recipe:

Another flavor cake mix: chocolate or white cake always taste great. Lemon would be exceptionally delicious with the blueberries!
Another type of mix-in: Blueberries are delicious, but raspberries or chocolate chips are worth a try, too.
Frozen blueberries: You can definitely use frozen blueberries in this recipe (the same amount as you would fresh), just be sure to toss them with a Tablespoon or two of powder cake mix before folding them into the recipe to help keep them from sinking.

MORE CAKE MIX RECIPES TO TRY:

Serves: 18